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Conferences, Boston Bombers

It’s about time for me to write proposals for CCCC (May 6 deadline) and RSA (July 1 deadline). I haven’t been to either in some time and I am a little concerned at the moment, as I don’t feel I have much to propose.

This 4chan and Reddit finger-pointing stuff seems promising – creating multiple narratives out of still pictures of men with backpacks that SEEM damning. The FBI just released its own video mashup, of course (official version here at the FBI website) from what appears to be store surveillance video. It’s too early to say what will come of all this, but our ever-increasingly videographical society appears to be ready for its closeup. If the Boston bombers are caught via these means, it’ll be a simultaneous victory for justice and continuous public surveillance.